Hydrogen peroxide detoxification in the midgut of the blood-sucking insect, Rhodnius prolixus
โ Scribed by Marcia Cristina Paes; Mariana Borges Oliveira; Pedro L. Oliveira
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 162 KB
- Volume
- 48
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0739-4462
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An active corpus allatum (CA) in the blood feeding insect, Rhodnius prolixus, releases a substance that inhibits metamorphosis in larvae, and activates egg production in adults. In adults, transecting the nervus corporis cardiacum II's (NCCII), which are attached posteriorly to each protocerebral lo
## Abstract The ultrastructure of scalariform junctions in the Malpighian tubules of the hemipteran __Rhodnius prolixus__ and the dipteran __Aedes taeniorhynchus__ is described. Both autocellular and intercellular scalariform junctions are illustrated. This is the first report of scalariform juncti